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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "You have three pieces of string, each 60 cm long. You form a circle with one piece, a square with another, and an equilateral triangle with the third piece. How do the areas of the three figures compare? Explain.\r
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for a fixed perimeter (60 cm), as the number of sides of a regular polygon increases, the enclosed area increases\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "so the triangle has the least area, the square the 2nd least;
\n" ); document.write( "__ and the circle (an infinitely sided polygon) has the most area\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "the apothem formula for area reflects this __ area=(perimeter)(apothem)/2
\n" ); document.write( "__ with the perimeter constant, the apothem (and the area) increases with the number of sides \n" ); document.write( "

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